(a) A properly submitted application for registration by examination will be effective for three years from the date it is received by the Board. After three years, the Board may require the Applicant or Candidate to update the application or reapply.
(b) Each Applicant must pay an annual record maintenance fee as prescribed by the Board or the application file will be closed. An Applicant may reopen an application file that was closed pursuant to this section only after payment of a fee equal to the sum of the record maintenance fees for the current year and each year the file has been closed plus any costs directly related to the reopening of the application file. An application file that has been closed for five years or longer may not be reopened.

Source Note: The provisions of this §5.35 adopted to be effective October 11, 2001, 26 TexReg 7859; amended to be effective January 1, 2018, 42 TexReg 7403